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Federal Labor MP warns Alice Springs crime crisis is impeding Voice debate

The debate over enshrining an Indigenous Voice in the Constitution is being impeded by the Alice Springs crime crisis, according to the Indigenous Labor member for the Northern Territory seat of Lingiari, Marion Scrymgour.

The Conversation

Pressure mounts on NT government to reimpose alcohol bans to restore law and order in Alice Springs

Medical experts say crime and antisocial behaviours are being driven by increased access to alcohol, while Labor MP calls for restrictions on alcohol sales

The Guardian - AU

Federal Opposition Leader Peter Dutton urges PM to visit Alice Springs amid crime increase

Federal Opposition Leader Peter Dutton says the government needs to be pouring more resources into dealing with escalating crime rates in the Central Australian town.

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PM urged to intervene in territory crime

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has called on the government to act urgently to control an uptick in crime and anti-social behaviour in the Northern Territory.

AAP

Beetaloo gas fracking could start soon, despite NT government delay in implementing Pepper inquiry recommendations

The oil and gas industry's peak body says Beetaloo fracking licences could be issued in a month, as critics say the government's promise to implement a key inquiry is "impossible".

ABC News

Pedestrian deaths are declining in other states but still rising in the NT, where every victim last year was Aboriginal

Unlike the rest of the country, pedestrian deaths in the NT are going up. And it's Aboriginal people who are making up the increase.

ABC News

Union calls for urgent transition from failed funding model for Northern Territory schools

The union is calling for a controversial Northern Territory school funding model to be scrapped much sooner than planned in order to save struggling schools from collapse, as the government says it could take up to five years.

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NT Coroner to probe death and investigation of Katherine father Shane Tapp

For almost two years the family of a young Aboriginal father from a small town in the Northern Territory, who was found decomposed by a river days after he died, has been waiting for answers.

ABC News

Still no sign of missing NT woman

Northern Territory police say they hold grave fears for the safety of a woman missing in central Australia since January 10.

AAP

Northern Territory Indigenous leader Yingiya Guyula angered by government's decision to close NT Treaty Commission

Independent NT politician Yingiya Guyula says the $4 million already spent on the treaty process has been squandered.

ABC News

Peter Dutton calls for the federal government to act on Alice Springs crime, as supermarket giants reduce liquor sales

Peter Dutton says he fears there'll be "tragedy" in Alice Springs as the town battles an intense, violent and prolonged crime crisis.

ABC News

Bid to rejig allocation criteria

As no bids were made for two of the five satellite orbital slot packages available in the auction on Jan 15, the telecom regulator wants to adjust its slot allocation criteria to ensure they will eventually be used.

Bangkok Post

NT Police data reveals nearly one-quarter of calls to emergency lines in 2022 were trivial or pranks

Police in northern Australia have voiced their frustration at the high amount of nuisance calls they are receiving as they battle a prolonged crime wave.

ABC News

NT Attorney-General says government is listening to desperate calls for Alice Springs crime action

NT Attorney-General Chansey Paech says his government is discussing a range of "realistic ideas and solutions" with the community to "reclaim the CBD at night".

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Bangkok Post

NT to play key role bringing Bangkok cables underground

Bangkok underground cable conduits owned by National Telecom (NT) are slated to be leveraged to support government efforts to move telecom cables underground and beautify the capital's landscape.

ABC News

Sun Cable's solar project is in voluntary administration. Why has it happened, and what does it mean?

The company behind a visionary solar project backed by two of Australia's richest men entered voluntary administration last week. We explain what that means.

ABC News

Duxton Farms leases Mountain Valley Station in Central Arnhem Land, plans to grow cotton

Duxton Farms signs a five-year lease on the 141,000-hectare Mountain Valley Station with plans to trial dryland cotton among other broadacre crops.

ABC News

NT Police Minister Kate Worden to meet with Alice Springs liquor retailers on crime crisis

High crime rates and continued domestic and public violence in Alice Springs has prompted demands for action, with Police Minister Kate Worden set to meet with alcohol retailers to find solutions.

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Bangkok Post

NBTC, DES Ministry to discuss security

The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) plans to hold talks with the Digital Economy and Society (DES) Ministry to allocate some satellite orbital slots for use specifically for the country's security.

The New Daily

Bonza doubles down on cheap flights, as other airlines drop prices

Budget airline Bonza has doubled down on its statement that airfares will start from $50 per hour spent in the air by its customers.

ABC News

East Kimberley businesses grappling with huge freight hikes fear they may miss out on flood subsidies

As Kimberley businesses watch their freight bills double following damage to key roads caused by catastrophic flooding, it remains unclear exactly who will be covered by the state government's latest subsidy scheme.

ABC News

Alice Springs mayor Matt Paterson calls for federal police, ADF assistance amid crime crisis

A police operation to stamp out crime in the Central Australian town has seen more than 300 people arrested since November – but mayor Matt Paterson says it's not enough.

ABC News

Death-in-custody inquest begins into suicide of Aboriginal man Bernard Hector, 31, at Darwin Correctional Centre

At the start of a three-day inquest, the NT coroner has heard Bernard Hector, 31, threatened suicide when he was remanded in custody but was not considered at-risk at the time of his death six weeks later.

ABC News

Katherine Mayor calls for second bridge in NT town prone to major flooding

Flooding across the north has highlighted the vulnerability of Australia's road network and in this small town, built on a flood plain with only one high-level bridge, concern is rising.

ABC News

Lorella Springs Wilderness Park shuts to self-drive travellers after 25 years, blaming NT bureaucracy and red tape

For years it has reeled in thousands of adventurous travellers to a remote section of the territory bush — but this year its owners have made the tough call to shut the gates.

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